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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 5h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Jeffries: "Mike Johnson and this group continue to cover up for the pedophiles. That's crazy."

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 46m

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 46m

We beg you: drag the body of the murderer with a hook. Drag the body of the gladiator with a hook. Put the gladiator’s body in the slaughterhouse. Call the vote, Call the vote: we all believe that he needs to be dragged with the hook.”

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 46m

Listen, Caesar: have that killer dragged with the hook. Have that senate-slayer dragged with a hook in the custom of our ancestors. ...

May he suffer what he did to others. Preserve the memories of the innocent. Restore the place of the innocent.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 46m

“Let the memory of murderer and gladiator be destroyed; have the statues of the murder and the gladiator be destroyed. Let the memory of the disgusting gladiator be destroyed. Send the gladiator to the butcher-block.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 52m

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

William Blake's painting of the horror Babylon a woman riding on the back of a man/beast with seven heads

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 55m

Young Girl by Man Ray, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137216

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Gift, Peggy Guggenheim, 1979

© 2016 Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 2h

And Jack Posobiec said Antifa has been a problem since the Weimar Republic, am I hearing that right?

And Andy Ngo was bleeding from his eyes and ears when a milkshake hit him?

And Portland is currently on fire and the windows are boarded up?

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 11h

I have A LOT more leeway to do it here precisely *because* it's not my site and I can block assholes (and people who annoy me even a little) without it being A Referendum! And people still make up fanfic about what I say and my motivations and hound me about it, but I can block them!

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 11h

I like to joke that I'm the anger translator for the entire industry because I'm out of fucks, have no boss but myself, and our users LIKE it when I explain shit about social media, but it's not wholly a joke; I'm in a really good position most people aren't

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 22h

Extremely relevant numbers! (And this is *low traffic* by modern standards.)

hailey @hailey.at · 23h

an interesting note re: scaling image moderation. in the past 24 hours:

at least 500 thousand images in posts (not considering # of images, just if an image was in the post)
86 thousand avatars
500 thousand url thumbnails
58 thousand videos.

that's a lot to moderate!

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 1h

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johnedwinmason @johnedwinmason.bsky.social · 1h

Amazing design, inside & out. Late '50s & early '60s were great years for Detroit stylists.

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2h

See this 54k-mile 1961 Chrysler Newport two-door hardtop listed now on BaT!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1961-chrysler-newport-6/

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h

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Here’s the video again: www.instagram.com/reel/DPi9m_2...

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2h

This is absolutely enraging. They can and will beat and detain US citizens for the crime of being Hispanic and then they’ll dump them unceremoniously hours later with no recompense.

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 2h

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 3h

Maybe beginning to feel news coverage that either ignores this sort of blather or balances it with a polite “Some experts disagree with the assessment that Portland is a burned-out hellscape under the rule of Antifa warlords” doesn’t really cut it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...

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Modern Day Bartleby @moderndaybartleby.bsky.social · 2h

The Republican Party is Profa

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’